XFL Brings on Disney, Fox as Broadcast Partners for 2020

The upstart football league XFL announced multi-year agreements with The Walt Disney Company and FOX Sports to broadcast games for its inaugural 2020 season and beyond.

The games are set to air weekly on ABC and FOX, with other games appearing across ESPN, ESPN2, FS1 and FS2. The schedule ensures the games will be televised each day over the weekend; starting Saturday afternoons at 2 pm ET followed by two additional ones on Sunday afternoons. ESPN and ABC, both owned by Disney, will air key games, such as the season opener and championship.

The XFL’s first season is set to kickoff on Saturday, February 8, 2020 with teams in Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, St. Louis, Seattle, Tampa Bay ...